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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XIX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., OCTOBER 31, 1883. 



No. 44. 





Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Proprietor, 



Home Markets for Houey.— It is en- 



coiuaging to know that our advice 

 about making home markets has been 

 so generally followed. In the Secre- 

 tary's report of the Northern Michi- 

 gan Convention, on page 543, this 

 language occurs : " Much more lioney 

 has been sold in our home markets 

 than in previous years ; nearly every 

 one had found ready sale for all that 

 had been produced." Yes; and by 

 working the markets up there will be 

 no trouble in selling ten times the 

 amount that is now being produced. 

 Let the good work go on. 



i^ Vice-President W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son reports the following arrange- 

 ments : " The Michigan State Con- 

 vention meets at the City Hall in 

 Flint at 10 a. m., on Dec. .5, and con- 

 tinues in session two days. The Presi- 

 dent and Secretary may be found at 

 the Dayton Hotel; excellent board 

 can be obtained for $1.00 per day." 



Suddenly Killed.— Mr. Henry Alley 

 writes as follows: Mr. E. F. Cassell, 

 of Illinois City, 111., a prominent and 

 enthusiastic bee-keeper, was killed 

 Oct. 6, while attempting to board a 

 moving train of cars, Mr. Cassell 

 has been one of my best customers for 

 the past 10 years, and I regret his sud- 

 den, sad, and untimely death. 



1^ The feeder sent to our Museum 

 by Mr. Alley, which we noticed on 

 page 509, should have been called the 

 " Locke Perfection Bee Feeder." Mr. 

 Alley did not mention this at the 

 time, and we innocently called it 

 the '• Alley's Feeder." 



Drones from Worker Larva;.— In the 



report of the Northern Michigan Con- 

 vention, in this JouKNAL. on page 

 542, Messrs. Youngman and Trussell 

 state that their bees have "reared 

 drones and queens from worker eggs 

 and larvse." That queens can be 

 reared, at will, from worker eggs and 

 larvaj, is true, because both are fe- 

 males, but that drones, being males, 

 may also be reared at the will of the 

 bees, from worker eggs and larvae, 

 will be very generally disbelieved. 

 Messrs. Youngman and Trussell 

 should make further experiments, 

 and report at the next meeting of the 

 society,for, if we catch their meaning, 

 their theory invalidates all the known 

 facts in relation to the development 

 of drones. But, perhaps, we do not 

 get their idea, and hope to hear from 

 them in the Bee Journal concerning 

 the matter. Careful investigation 

 may reconcile it. 



Surplus Honey Racks.— The Rev. 

 A. Salisbury, of Camargo, 111., sent 

 one of his honey racks to be examined 

 at the Convention, and then to be 

 placed in our- Museum— all of which 

 has been done. He describes it as 

 follows : 



As I cannot be present at the North- 

 western Convention of Bee-Keepers, I 

 send one of my honey racks and a set 

 of sections, showing my method of 

 storing comb lioney, and the ease with 

 which the bees have access to all 

 parts of the lioney chamber. My rack 

 is only the top story of the hive. I 

 am not apprised that any one uses the 

 same rack in the same way, except 

 bee-keepers here who have adopted 

 it this season. If you think it will 

 throw any light on progressive bee- 

 keeping, please show it to the friends 

 at the Convention, after which place 

 it with your collections of improve- 

 ments. A. Salisbury. 



Camargo, 111., Oct. 13, 1883. 



1^ It must be understood that, 

 should an advertiser desire to cancel 

 an unexpired contract, he can do so 

 only by paying regular rates for the 

 number of insertions his advertise- 

 ment has had. 



Hilton's Apiary.— Mr. Geo. E. Hil- 

 ton, Fremont, Mich., has sent us a 

 view of his apiary, intended to be ex- 

 hibited at the late Convention, bui it 

 did not come till after it closed. It is 

 placed in our office album. He de- 

 scribes it as follows : 



" As my business matters are as- 

 suming a shape that I shall not be 

 able to consistently attend the Con- 

 vention and see you all, as I should 

 dearly love to, and had expected to I 

 mail you an 8x10 photograph of my 

 home and the portion of my apiary 

 that IS not hidden by the house and 

 trees. You will recognize me near 

 the tront row of hives ; the person in 

 the rear is a friend, and the parties in 

 front of the dwelling, are my brother 

 and his family, who are doing all they 

 can to make home pleasant for me 

 since the death of my dear wife, last 

 May. 



^° Mr. Moses Bailey, Winterset, 

 Iowa, writes thus of our book " Bees 

 and Honey," after he had read it : "I 

 have perused your book entitled 'Bees 

 and Honey; or the Management of 

 an apiary for pleasure and profit,' and 

 I (ind it to be ' just splendid.' Thanks 

 for sending it to me." A cloth bound 

 copy will be presented to any one 

 sending one neio subscriber for the 

 Weekly for 1S84, or two new subscri- 

 bers for the Monthly for 1884. 



W Another Bee Paper is dead— the 

 Illustrated Bienen Zeitung, published 

 in German at Zurich, Switzerland. 

 After struggling for 19 months for an 

 existence, it succumed to the inevita- 

 ble. 



^ Mr. J. S. Barb, Bristolville, O., 

 sends us a plant for name. It is 

 cleome— an excellent honey-producing 

 plant. 



1^ To all new subscribers for the 

 Weekly Bee .Journal who send us 

 $2.00 for 1884, we will send the re- 

 mainder of this year free, from the 

 time the subscription is received. So, 

 the sooner they subscribe, the more 

 numbers they will get free. 



